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The mission of APA is to foster and support local climber access and conservation initiatives. Preserving or creating access to climbs must be done by locally organized climbers, who are familiar with the area and the issues.

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ANNOUNCEMENT Access PanAm is hiring Regional Directors – Apply now! Acceso PanAm (APA) is hiring one Regional Directors to lead its programs in Chile. Acceso PanAm is a climber’s access and conservation organization dedicated to keeping climbing areas open and protecting the mountains and crags in all Latin America, from Mexico to Patagonia. The regional directors job is: To directly …

The project continues to gain great momentum and support. The team has been able to get all of the wood to site with the help of Argentina Parques National (APN). After getting the foundation finished the base of he structure was added. Then a month and half of cutting, staining, and carrying wood took shape …

Our volunteer team has been on the ground building the toilet at Laguna Capri, Los Glaciares National Park, for almost two months now. Check out the trailer. Patagonia Waste Management – Trailer from Acceso PanAm on Vimeo.

The new year arrived with the good weather, a long “ventana” (a window of good weather), a Torre attempt, and walls. Acceso PanAm’s Executive Director, Kika Bradford, arrived and joined the team on the task to build the toilet. After portering the last of the wood-cuts to Capri, the team started and finished building the walls. …

After two weeks in Patagonia, the volunteer team in El Chaltén, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares have made amazing progress in making the vermi-composting toilet. With the help of Alejandro and Arístides (Park employees), Rolo Garibotti, other National Park employees, and others in El Chaltén, the volunteers have made this project a reality. The chosen location …

LAO

A Local Access Organization (LAO) works primarily or exclusively to conserve and keep climbing areas open while promoting responsible climbing. As LAOs are the best line of defense when access issues appear, APA encourages and supports local climbers to form one.

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Access

There are access issues throughout the Americas: restrictions and regulations on public land, private landowners with liability concerns, development construction, wildlife restrictions, inappropriate users’ behavior leading to closures, etc.